West Ham Banner Crops Up In Latest Episode Of The Simpsons

West Ham have finally made it; they’ve been name-dropped on The Simpsons – thus joining the likes of Pele and both the Ronaldo brothers: ‘Cristiano’ and ‘Fat’, who have all been redrafted in horribly jaundiced form by the hit comedy.

A Hammers banner crops up in the latest episode, called ‘The Day The Earth Stood Cool’ (which aired in America a few days ago) in the bedroom of the Simpson’s new neighbours – a bohemian family who’s hipster son, ‘T-Rex’, naturally follows English soccer rather than any of the mainstream Yank sports.

The Premier League themselves also got wind of West Ham’s new-found Stateside celebrity, Tweeting via their official account: “West Ham United were delighted to be featured in The Simpsons’ episode ‘The Day The Earth Stood Cool’!”

Quite frankly, we don’t see what all the fuss is about. James Collins has been guest-starring in The Simpsons for years…

West Ham United….funny and ha ha….at least it wasn’t Queens Park Rangers. But…a better and funnier reference would have been Norwich City. An On the Ball City green and gold banner, with a Cheesehead on the bookcase behind the bed, an Aaron Rodgers bobblehead in place of the Santa, and a Clay Matthews poster hanging on the wall behind the drum set. Norwich City would be a classic, especially if they could have worked Ian Crook into the story ((scary but true…Ian Crook would fit right in in The Simpson’s universe)).

Yank is a standard description for an American in Britain, means nothing more than a light play on American and rarely represents malice. I suppose we’ll have to take a chill pill which, by the way, is very original advice.